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LIFESTYLE: ZDORA KITCHEN
Designer and Art Director Serena Confalonieri has recently collaborated with cooking company Zdora, alongside Very Simple Kitchen and La Pietra Compattata, to create kitchen…

LIFESTYLE: FORMEX INTERIOR FAIR X TEKLA SEVERIN
Swedish designer and colour fanatic Tekla Severin curated the recent FORMEX interior fair in Stockholm, exhibiting 200 products from 400 different exhibitors. Severin’s intention for…

A/W 24/25 COLOUR

HEIMTEXTIL 2023: MAKE & REMAKE
The USP Team recently made a visit to the Heimtextil 2023 trade fair in Germany, specialising in home and contract textiles. The trend area…

HEIMTEXTIL 2023: FROM EARTH
The USP Team recently made a visit to the Heimtextil 2023 trade fair in Germany, specialising in home and contract textiles. The trend area…

USP INSPIRE: INFLATED
Be inspired by puffed up, supersized silhouettes, paired with off-beat brights, such as lemon, violet and cobalt, mixed back with black and silver.

USP INSPIRE: INFLATED

NEED TO KNOW: FABRIC TRADE SHOWS

A/W 23/24 WOMENS CATWALKS MFW: SIMPLISTIC SETS
Ferragamo teamed up with Villa Eugénie to create their A/W 23/24 womenswear catwalk for Milan Fashion Week. The simplistic set design took shape in…

LIFESTYLE: GLOSS HOUSE BY STUDIO DOHERTY
The new Gloss House located in Melbourne, Australia, was designed by Enth Degree Architects with interiors by Studio Doherty, aiming to create a dynamic…

LIFESTYLE: JOLINOPE CERAMICS
Vietnamese American artist, Jolie Ngo, designs and makes sculptural artworks that merge contemporary technologies with early ceramic traditions, creating what she calls “bright cyborgian…

ART: HERE WE COME, HERE WE RISE
New permanent public artwork Here We Come, Here We Rise, in Brent Cross Town, North London, was designed by architecture company If_Do in collaboration…

A/W 23/24 WOMENS CATWALKS LFW: RETRO BRIGHTS
Twilight, Green Jasmine, Buttercup and Almond Biscuit were prominent colours among UK based labels, JW Anderson and Burberry, at the A/W 23/24 London Fashion…

A/W 23/24 WOMENS CATWALKS NYFW: FANTASTICAL FAIRIES
Rodarte‘s A/W 23/24 womenswear show at New York Fashion Week was a whimsical gothic fairytale, with garments decked in tasteful and tonal hues. Their…

TECH: BANG & OLUFSEN BEOPLAY
Bang & Olufsen have introduced their new Beoplay EX wireless earbuds, arriving in four colourways of red, black, gold, and anthracite. For an extra…

LIFESTYLE: NIKE X TIFFANY & CO.
Ahead of the Nike x Tiffany & Co. collaboration, digital artist Tim Nash has created an imaginary store for the collection using AI technology….

KIDS: A/W 23/24 BARTS COLLECTION
BARTS A/W 23/24 kids collection is based on the wonderful outdoors, exploring natural patterns paired with a warm palette of tonal hues.

NEED TO KNOW: DENIM

F&A: BRAIN DEAD X ASICS GEL-NIMBUS 9
Brain Dead have joined forces with sportswear label ASICS to create the ASICS GEL-Nimbus 9. Described as techno-futuristic, the runner makes a statement in…